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In two years 7days, the corporate consultancy, has gone from nothing to a turnover approaching £2.5 million. Where now for this ambitious company?

When they first met, Jill Foley and Louise Palmer shared little but a passion for fine wine and chocolate. Nine years on, they are co-founders of a consultancy company that specialises in organisation effectiveness, employing 12 people and with a turnover approaching £2.5 million a year.

The pair first met at Coopers and Lybrand, the accountants, in the mid-nineties, but it wasn’t until early 2001, when both had moved firms and had been given the opportunity to take redundancy, that they established 7days.

Without knowing each other’s plans, Ms Foley and Ms Palmer both decided to use their redundancy money